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Romantic Poet,” by Diane Seuss, is one of the best things that our critic A.O. Scott read (and reread) this year.

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The heart, quick, outgrows its own allotted cavity, and bends a branch right   (every time) and back—pivots into the cardiac ...

Knoxville-native Nikki Giovanni died on Dec. 9, but her legacy lives on. From new tributes, a documentary and the work she ...

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RELATIONSHIP IS HEALING ONE POEM AT A TIME. HER STORY MADE IT TO OUR NEWSCAST. A FEW YEARS AGO, HER EX-BOYFRIEND ENDED UP PLEADING GUILTY TO DOMESTIC ASSAULT. KETV NEWSWATCH SEVEN’S QUANECIA FRASER ...

A former student of Nikki Giovanni's recalls the fateful day when the poet and activist convinced him he was an artist. Then ...

Cassie Phillips was a member of “Women in Black,” homeless women and supporters who host annual Leaves of Remembrance ...